Publications

• Ilin-Tomich, A., Boschloos, V., Hub for Excavated Seals from Egypt and Sudan (HESES), VÄ Newsletter. 7 (2025), 27. Open access.
• Ilin-Tomich, A., Boschloos, V., Beyond the Most Obviously Interesting: Aims and Methods in Documenting and Processing Scarabs, in: Kilian, A., Pruß, A., Zöller-Engelhardt, M. (eds), Excavating the Extra-Ordinary 2: Challenges & Merits of Working with Small Finds. Proceedings of the International Workshop at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 25–26 November 2022. , Heidelberg 2024, 125–132. Open access.

Talks

• 07.-12.09.2026: Vanessa Boschloos and Alexander Ilin-Tomich, “Classifying scarab-shaped seal amulets from the Napatan period in a new seal database”, 16th International Conference for Nubian Studies (LMU München)
• 07.-12.09.2026: Poster presentation by Alexander Ilin-Tomich and Vanessa Boschloos, “HESES: A digital corpus of scarab-shaped seal amulets from excavations in Sudan and Egypt”, 16th International Conference for Nubian Studies (LMU München)
• 06.-11.08.2023: Poster presentation by Vanessa Boschloos and Alexander Ilin-Tomich “From Dig to Digital: The Future of Scarab Documentation“. Rewarded with an award (XIIIth International Congress of Egyptologists, Leiden Universiteit)
• 25–26 November 2022: Alexander Ilin-Tomich and Vanessa Boschloos, ‘Beyond the most obviously interesting: Aims and methods in documenting and processing scarabs’, Mainz, International conference, Excavating the Extra-Ordinary 2. Challenges & merits of working with small finds (JGU Mainz)

HESES database.